FILE - Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch addresses members during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been mocked after she wrongly claimed Northern Ireland voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.She confidently stated that had been the result “the last time I checked” during an interview ahead of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.In actual fact, Northern Ireland voted 56% to 44% in favour of remaining in the EU, even though the UK as a whole voted to leave.Speaking to BBC Northern Ireland political show The View, Badenoch said: “Last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave.”When it was pointed out to her that it did not, the Tory leader bizarrely replied: “Scotland voted to remain, a lot of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain, you’re right.&l